Historic houses · Scottish Islands
Gardie House
In or near Lerwick.
Gardie House in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
john bateson — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Gardie House is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Gardie House is an 18th-century estate house on Bressay in Shetland, Scotland. Located opposite Lerwick, across the Bressay Sound, Gardie is described by Historic Scotland as an "example of the smaller Scottish country house, unique in Shetland." The house is protected as a category A listed building, and the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The Henderson family owned Gardie from the 17th century, and in 1724 Magnus Henderson (died 1753) had the present house built. The builder was a mason from Aberdeen named Forbes.
Description
The house has a symmetrical main front facing the sea of seven bays, with a central stone porch (added in 1810) and stone quoins. There were originally two storeys plus attics; the upper part was extended in around 1905 to create a shallow central pediment, five bays in width, which has three windows. The lower storeys have seven windows, with five grouped centrally flanked by a single one on either side.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 60.1601, -1.1232
- District
- Shetland Islands
- Postcode
- ZE2 9EL
- Parliamentary constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
- Official site
- www.scottish-places.info
Sources
- wikidata: Q5522513 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Gardie House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Bressay Heritage Centre
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Gardie House?
- Gardie House is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode ZE2 9EL).
- What is Gardie House?
- Gardie House in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Gardie House?
- Drivers can use postcode ZE2 9EL.
- How do I get to Gardie House?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode ZE2 9EL. It sits within the Orkney and Shetland parliamentary constituency.